For what purpose did Chinese women grow nails up to 25 cm long during the Ming Dynasty?

"I don't cook, I don't clean..." --CardiB [Music Artist of 21st Century]

The same was the reason for the painful foot binding that grossly deformed noble women's feet: it was to show they need not walk, servants would carry them

They are so creepy; the really long Iones dry out and curl into ugly talons, like claws. Eeew!

I’m still laughing at the fourth choice for the answer .

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Myffa, I seem to recall reading that being plump during the Middle Ages(?) was a status symbol, showing that you could actually afford to eat plenty, when most people couldn't.

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